Cervical spine stenosis due to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in Italian patients: Surgical treatment and outcome

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 441-444

  Maiuri, F ^a   Iaconetta, G ^a   Gambardella, A ^b   Buonamassa, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION OF POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033945145     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004029900121     Document Type: Article

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